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In September, I got married. and it was the most incredible day ever. I have a lot to say about it but I’m waiting until I have one more piece… our wedding video. As a blogger and someone interested in recording our lives in some digital form, a journal of sorts – this blog… {possibly a new domain / name some day as I transition into being on a team}… I’m basically bursting @ the seams to blog about all the details and share it in the webspace for friends & family to experience. Some things just are worth the wait, you know? xx

In the meantime, i have a lot on my mind. And it basically has to do with what our time here on earth is made of. Deep, I know, but get to it… and this is my blog. A bit before we went to Hawaii (next post!), I’d been doing a lot of soul-searching. Life is so incredibly short… what do I want to make up my time while I’m here?

My now husband (eek!), showed me this video when we were lounging on Maui and I think the world needs to watch it, if they haven’t already. And if you have? Watch it again. And make your loved ones watch it. Put your life into perspective and consider with what you’re spending your 24 hours each day doing.

Um, whoa. I had a small internal panic attack when I watched that. Why didn’t someone show me that in high school? Freshman year?… When we were worried about the most trivial of things, stressed-out and drama-filled with events like Prom (who let me spend so much money on those high school formals?!… easily $5K… cringe).

As an adult, I’m trying to spend a bit of time each day reading sites like Quora or watching TED videos. To keep my brain fresh, keep it thinking. A few days ago, I read a question posted on Quora titled, “How can I thoroughly screw up my life.” Now, that’s a pretty deep inquiry. The answer, linked below, by Raqhav Upmanyu has many thoughts I align with. Especially now, as I’m in this phase of contemplation; wanting to shape my life in a way that brings fulfillment / happiness / experiences.

And I know this is entirely an opinion, so take everything he says with a grain of salt or whatever. But it’s a perspective I somewhat align with. It makes me think hard about what I want to make of my time left. He starts out saying the biggest mistake you can make is becoming a statistic and “settling for being a useless part of the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.” Me? I can’t live like that. I can’t be put through the motions and do a 9 to 5 in a cubicle and come out on the other end tired, stressed, lacking sleep, motivation and drive. That is exactly what I would turn into. And it’s not just in the business realm. I found myself watching the Oscars last night. At the end of it, I thought, ‘I just wasted 3 hours on something I don’t have any interest whatsoever in. I hadn’t seen a single movie that was nominated!? Emily, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!” I could have been designing cards for my etsy business, reading the book I can’t seem to get through, laughing & connecting with my beautiful mama, sorting through yet another bin of crap I’ve saved over the years with some thought of needing it in a future time (more on that purging process later).

All in all, I want to get down on paper that today is February 29, 2016, Leap Day, an extra day for free just cause. I’m committing to making whatever mindset I’m chasing a reality. I want to make this life fulfilling and get everything I can out of it. I want to do things I enjoy doing, that bring me happiness and flex my creative muscles. I want to travel as much as possible. I want to experience everything. I want to take chances. I want to love crazily. I don’t want to be stressed. I don’t want to be burnt out. I want to be fresh + real + alive. I want to laugh + be optimistic + positive for 95% of my life. And yes, this a ridiculously lofty, insane goal but why can’t I try to shoot for it? It’s worth it to me to try.

Please don’t take this post as me pointing fingers. This is my online space to speak what’s on my mind; this is what I want to capture. And have my kids read someday. Hopefully they’ll think their mother was the baddest woman that ever lived who strived to make the most of her existence.

If I could pick something, anything, that describes how I’m feeling currently. It would be this canvas bag from @sugarboodesigns

Have you seen it yet? Of course you have. All over every social media platform is this beautiful piece called, First Kiss.

After watching it three times once I had to do a little more research. It got millions of views in just a day, right now it sits at 16,207,600 after being posted yesterday afternoon. It’s a simple piece of strangers gathered together and their only task is to kiss the person in front of them. Today, clothing line, wren, announced it was their video to showcase their Fall 2014 line. Wren’s creative director, Melissa Coker is genius! And the song playing in it? It’s called “We Might Be Dead By Tomorrow” by Soko – guess how many copies were sold on iTunes today?…. apparently one million. One million songs sold in one day. Incredible!

I don’t know why, but I just love this video.

These are strangers, kissing, and it is so real to me. It’s heart-warming.

This here is my good friend, Adam. He is one of the hardest working, smartest, most brutally honest people I know. I foresee a lifetime of friendship with him and on regular occasions, deep conversation and brainstorming businesses. One of the parts I admire most about him is his unbelievably ridiculous understanding of what a deep friendship is. I have yet to be able to love and support someone as much as Adam is willing to. He is one of those lifers. Someone to count on when you’re facing a rough patch, the person with which to grab a six-pack – head to an abandoned building – climb to the roof and scream at the world. Completely without judgment.

Cheers to a lifetime of happy hours, laughter, and telling each other the truth,

xo

P.S. I’ve started another book: Let’s Pretend This Never Happened. I’m fairly certain it will go down in history as one of my favorites. I laugh with every turn of the page. Once, I peed my pants a little as a result. Deal with it. You can thank my itty-bitty squirrel bladder.

Ladies and gentleman, they have arrived! I found Rise Bars thru another site. I clicked thru, fell in love with their marketing, and decided I needed them in my life. I settled on the Sampler Pack because I couldn’t settle on just one flavor. Stay tuned for a blog post about those later.

My girlfriends and I had a sushi date at Fuji-Ya yesterday. With $3.5 Sapporo beer, $5 rolls, and Yellowtail Nigiri ringing in at $3.5 – we cleaned that place out. Molly decided to splurge on a glass of $18 Sake with a name that escapes me, bless her heart for sharing.

I love the new window displays Target has in the summer, it really makes the outside look put together. Funny because their entire store layout has twisted, turned, flipped and rotated to the point where I don’t know in what aisle to get a lip chap because it’s been replaced with a display of avocados.

Under the Dome has been on my bookshelf for exactly 18 months. I cannot, for the life of me, finish this book. It weighs a whopping 5 lbs. with 1,074 pages. I’m nearly 4/5 of the way done and to the point where I’m craving completion. The next book on my list is the oh-so-very controversial 50 Shades of Gray. Erotic fiction? I’m in!

See those three beings under the overhang? Father, mother, and Oliver. Three of the most irreplaceable people in my life. I would crawl over broken glass, butt naked for these three.

Once upon a time, I stepped foot into a Trader Joe’s. Best step I ever took. Their product line has the most interesting offerings – like this Corn & Chile Tomato-Less Salsa. Olé!

Shopping is something I really try to avoid at all costs. I’m a buyer, not a shopper. There were no three-way mirrors at the new DryGoods store. The reverse camera on my iPhone saved the day. What do you think – cute top? Reminds me of a butterfly : I ended up splurging. Throw on a pair of jean shorts and brown heeled boots – we’ve got ourselves an outfit, people!

A busy week at home forced me to take the reins and steal mama away for a mother-daughter pedicure. A simple indulgence that gives us more than 2 minutes to catch up and laugh. Every.single.time we get pedis we feel like this girl. Out of place and the talk of the entire salon. Sorry, I’m a runner, and yeah, sometimes my toe nail will turn blue ladies.

On a regular basis, I’m waking up feeling more blessed than I’ve ever felt before.

Soak up some sun, laugh until your abs hurt, we only have one shot at this thing called life, you know!